And further adding to the Spanish national team's worries, Jose Calderon sprained his ankle a few days ago. He's travelling with the Raptors on their current road trip, so hopefully it's fairly minor, otherwise the Spaniards are going to be in trouble at the PG spot come summer.

Rubio suffers torn ACL, not only ending his season with the Wolves, but likely preventing him from playing in the Olympics for Spain this year.

This is why a team needs to have as many PGs on their team as possible.

Kahn's been repeatedly raked over the coals for taking too many PGs in the draft that landed Rubio

Dependable backups are great, but two top talents who play the same position is kind of a waste of cap space. Even if the Wolves had the best PGs in the league, they couldn't play a Rubio/Paul or Rubio/Nash back court. They'd get torched on defense.

A friend of mine, who is Knicks fan, thinks they will get Phil Jackson. I think they could try but probably wouldn't get him.

It makes a certain kind of cosmic sense for Phil to come back to NY and coach his old team. And I've commented earlier about how I think this Knicks team would be well-suited for Phil's triangle offense. The pieces are certainly there for Phil to reshape a championship-quality team. And the man would instantly become Basketball Jesus in New York.

The question is whether he's willing to endure the short-term headache of taking control of such a directionless and dysfunctional franchise.

At least give him a roster with some chance at contention. They are currently built to run a D'Antoni SSOL type offense (with the exception of Melo, who runs "give it to me in the Wing and watch me chuck" offesne). The Knicks personnel is basically the polar opposite of what's needed for the Triangle.

They'll need to dump STAT for starters, and bring in some more big guards. Too bad there aren't any spare Kobe Bryants lying around...because one of those would help too. (Melo night actually fit the bill tbh).

Lin would probably make a very good Tri guard though. That's a start. But they have a lot of fixing to do before Phil even agrees to consider it.

Anyone who is curious about the life of a NBA player should check out Jalen Rose's podcast at Grandland.com. He is pretty honest about the lifestyle of a player. I've learned that a "Frequent Flyer Import" is someone that you fly in to your away city when you don't feel up to the effort of going to the club to "Champagne & Campaign."

I've said it all season: the Celtics are a legitimate playoff contender. That this might be the last year of the "big three" probably adds a level of urgency that should make them ultra-competitive throughout the playoffs, something we're already beginning to see in this late-season run.

The fact that he keeps claiming and his teammates keep repeating that it was an unintentional elbow is comedy. Anyone who watches that replay can clearly see him run into Harden AND THEN cock back and throw the elbow.

The fact that he keeps claiming and his teammates keep repeating that it was an unintentional elbow is comedy. Anyone who watches that replay can clearly see him run into Harden AND THEN cock back and throw the elbow.

Hey you have people ((one person)) in this thread that claimed what Bynum did last year in the playoffs was just a typical hard playoff foul and deserved. People see all sorts of wierd shit when it comes to what they want to see.

The fact that he keeps claiming and his teammates keep repeating that it was an unintentional elbow is comedy. Anyone who watches that replay can clearly see him run into Harden AND THEN cock back and throw the elbow.

Hey you have people ((one person)) in this thread that claimed what Bynum did last year in the playoffs was just a typical hard playoff foul and deserved. People see all sorts of wierd shit when it comes to what they want to see.

Yeah, but we know what to expect from Kray and it's best to ignore him. Should he be in here getting all defensive right about now?

Yay, playoffs start tomorrow! I can't say I'm particularly confident in the Mavs going in but I really wasn't last year either. Hopefully their experience helps them. We know how to beat OKC, we just need to do it again.